The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plunged with a vertical speed of 475 feet/minute, its tail crashing into BJ Medical College hostel’s mess and killing four students and the wife of a doctor.

The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad has been recovered, according to a government release. The CVR, a crucial 'black box,' records cockpit audio, including pilot conversations and alarms.

The AI-171 Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 aeroplane bound for London's Gatwick had crashed shortly after it took off from the Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The airlines said only one out of the 242 people on board the aircraft survived the crash.

Nilesh Vaghela, an auto-rickshaw driver, becomes a hero by crafting coffins for Ahmedabad crash victims non-stop.

Captain Sabharwal, a resident of Jal Vayu Vihar in Powai, Mumbai, recently informed his 82-year-old father, a former DGCA official, that he would soon take a break to spend time with him. That visit will now certainly not happen.

Man Dies Returning To London After Fulfilling Wife’s Last Wish In India Arjun Patolia, a London resident, was among the 242 people who died in the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171, just 32 seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad.

In a heartbreaking turn of events, two young sisters in London have been orphaned after their father, Arjun Patoliya, perished in the Ahmedabad plane